Packaging textile articles



1,616,181 1927 J. R. FREED'MA PACKAGING TEXT1LE ARTICLES Filed Feb. 17.1926 WI Hi I W h A ,3 1 4 INVENTOR 1 Jacques R. Freedman ATTO NEYSPatented Feb. 1, 1927.

warren stares htidti JACQUES B. FBEEDMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOB,T0 FRANDOB MFG, 00., INQ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW'YORK.

PACKAGING TEXTILE ARTICLES.

Application filed. February This invention relates to certain novel anduseful improvements in packaging textile articles.

The package of the present invention is intended to embrace a variedselection of sizes, designs and styles of either complete or ready-madegarments, such as dresses, waists, shirts and other articles of wearingapparel, or such articles in a partially completed or a semi-madecondition. or, the patterns of such articles, that is, individual fabricblanks marked with selected outlines or measurements and designed to becut accordingly and to be sewed or made up by the purchaser, or. ifdesired, the package may comprise a desired combination or selection ofvarious garment blanks together with garments either made or semi-madeor both.

As is well-known, it is the present-day custom for manufacturers topack, sell and ship such articles of wearing apparel as dresses, waists,shirts and the like, either one to a box, or a number of articles of thesame size and design in a single box, and in some instances to put anumber of articles of different designs but of the same size in the samebox.

From the standpoints of transportation charges, storage and counterspace, handling and display, these methods of packaging are expensive,uneconomical, cumbersome and inconvenient. \Vhen the goods reach themerchant the boxes are usually discarded and the contents placed orstacked on shelves, counters or in cases, and soon become soiled,rumpled, disarranged and unsightly, through handling and exposure. Inaddition, this method of packaging such goods limits the variety orselection of stock which the ordinary small merchant will purchase,because to carry a wide selection of designs or styles of differentsizes requires a considerable financial investment, usually more than asmall dealer can afford in the ordinary course of business. With thislimitation of character of stock imposed upon the merchant itnecessarily follows he cannot olier to his trade or customers the samewide selection or choice, as can the larger stores, and consequently isat a disadvantage in competition. I

The above disadvantages are obviated by invention, for it enables themanufam vidual articles, thereby obviating the lia In other words,

bility of soiling the latter. when the package containing the articlesis on display, the character. size, style and design of the contents maybe ascertained at a glance without requiring the handling of theindividual pieces, thus avoiding the liability of disarranging andsoiling the latter.

l/Vith the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in viewmy invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof parts, set forth in and falling within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the acompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is. a perspective view of the package of textile articlesembodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. V

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view but show ing the package container inclosed position.

Referring now to the accompanyin drawings in detail, the letter Aindicates a box which may be of cardboard, fiber board, or othersuitable material. In the present instance it is preferably oblong inform embodying a bottom 1, the end walls 2, back wall 3. and a frontmovable wall 4;, hinged at its lower edge to the front longitudinal edgeof the bottom 1, as shown at 5. This hinged or movable front wall it ofthe box or container is of less height or depth than the end wall 5, andwhen moved to vertical position to form the closed front of the box, itsupper edge will act as a support for the removable tray T, ashereinafter described. Within the box or container A are arranged asuitable number of vertical partitions 6,

dividing the box into a series of compartments These compartments aretiles be lifted slightly to be out of contact with the top edges of thepartitions near the front of the latter. The purpose of this is toinsure that the weight and pressure of the tray'on and against the topedge of the movable wall 4 will hold the latter in its closed positionat desired times, as shown in Fig. 2. However, if it is desired that thebox should be opened to exhibit all of the stock of goods, as shown inFig. l, the tray may be tilted upward vor lift-ed for an instant,.to'permit the front wall a to drop down lthns exposing the goods, andthe tray may then "be allowed to settle back .on the top edges of thepartitions and be supported thereby,all asshown in Fig. 1.

As willbeseen bfyZ lYQfBliGIlCB to Fig. 1, and as illustrating themanner of making up .the package, I have shown resting in the tray threedifferent garment patterns P, which may be of different styles,designsflorsizes. and the trayalso contains three completedgarments-Gofselected size, design and style,

T u eempl t cl ga e ts r g men patterns P, wellas the completed garmem Ga a ra ge s d yei i a ro n e they, th eih uc tr y n ee men o h s yl deign or ize, so as he exh t, t e qu ing handl n e full line of the stockcontained in the package e empertm nt 7 direetly en or li e w th the liep e g m n c e t pa e -1. con ain a pile or st el: articles correspondingto such garmentpattern or completed garments, aswill he readilyunderstood by reference to Fig. 1.

The box A is provided with a hinged coverC connected withthebox body byfieX- ible bracelstraps 8 and having endflanges 9 and a front flange 10.These flanges are relatively deep, so that when the cover C is closed,asis shown in Fig, :3, the flanges will depend to such a depth at theoutside of the box body as to overlap the side edges and top front edgeof the movable front wall 4 of the box,.t hereby retaining the same incloseld position and against accidental op ni 7 From the abovedescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, theconstruction and purpose of my invention will be readily apparent.

A selected'stocl; offgoods, made no as described in Fig, 1 and embodyingboth the stool; or pile or garments in thecomfront wall then moved tovertical or closed position and retained by the weight of the trayresting on the open edge thereof. The top may then :be closed down sothat the flanges overlap the edges of the front wall of the box and thepackage may then be packed for shipment to the merchant. On being placedon display at the store, the merchant may lift the cover C, therebyexposing the'line of samples for the customers selection,.or, should thecustomer desire, any one sample may be removed and examined in detail.At this time the front wall of the box :is preferably kept closed by theweight of the tray, thereby protecting the stock of garments which areto be sold, 'frem uet; andli g nd eeilineh n h customer has (selected agarment or garment pa er e me han may momentari y lift p er ightly tiltthe r n n of h ray the e y :pei'h it ing th fron all t d pdown,'as'.rshown in llig. 1, then readily withdrawing thedesired garmentwhich has been selected ccording o sampl When the purchase has beencompleted the front end .of the tray is then again momentarily tiltedupward, the wall l'thrown vertically back into closed position, and thetray again dropped to allow it to rest on the front edge of the wall tohold the latter closed.

It will be noted by thisarrangement that neten y do I Previde a emp et a@011- en e t t rm i P ckage na ling a rel ti ely e ecti o s el: of dirgi he et r, s yle d s gn to e ca e :but he eteek t he sold ll he .petee 'Whi e on exh bi on item expeeure, t e

eetien be ng m de from cor espo di samples on the tray.

Whit lhave herein show an de cr ne pa icula .emhed men of my i i Iwishit to be understood that I donot limit myself to all the pre isedetails set forth by way of illustration, as modifications and variationmay he made without departing from the spirit of the invention orexceeding the scope of the appended claims.

What I ele m i 1, A special package for the sh pping and display oftextile articles comprisi nga container subdivided by verticalpartitions or r partments and containing a row of sample specimenscorresponding in characteristics and design to the aligning stockstherebelow, said container having a front wall movable toexpose the saidcompartments and stocks and a inovab-le ,covenoverlying said tray,

said cover having ,aportion adapted to overlap and hold the front wallin closed position.

Apackage of textile articles comprising a ,container f subdivided intocompartments, said container having a movable wall of less heightthanthe remaining Wall, and tray located Within the container andadapted to rest upon the movable Wall to hold the latter in closedposition, said compartments 5 having therein stocks of garments,readymade or semi-made, said tray having arranged therein samplespecimens corre spondin in characteristics and designs to the stoci isin the compartments, and a movable co-ver for the container.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 10th day of February A. D. 1926.

JACQUES R. FREEDMAN.

